[AI himself audiobook 2nd volume] “Narrative thinking: Career planning techniques for people who are worried because they can’t find what they want to do” has been made into audio with the “voice” of the author, Kensou.
*Otobank Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 4, 2024
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[AI himself audiobook 2nd volume] “Narrative thinking: Career planning techniques for people who are worried because they can’t find what they want to do” has been made into audio with the “voice” of the author, Kensou.
*The first volume, Akihiro Nishino’s “Revolutionary Fanfare: Modern Money and Advertising” was well received. 94% of viewing users expect to “listen to AI’s own audiobooks of other works”*
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Otobank Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Yuya Kubota, hereinafter referred to as “Otobank”), which operates “audiobook.jp” with the largest number of audiobook book lineups (*1), is Stand Co., Ltd.
Technologies (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and Co-Representatives: Shingo Kawai, Ayataro Nakagawa, hereinafter referred to as “Stand
In partnership with “AI Technologies”), we have produced an “AI Personal Audiobook,” in which a professional narrator’s reading is converted into the voices of other celebrities using AI technology. Following the favorable reception of the first edition, the second edition is titled “Narrative Thoughts”, which has been translated into the voice of author Kensou (Kensuke Furukawa).
The audiobook of “Career Design Techniques for People Who Can’t Find What They Want to Do” (published by Gentosha) by AI himself will be distributed on “audiobook.jp” from Wednesday, September 4, 2024. * *1. Research by Japan Marketing Research Organization, November 2023. Survey of Japanese audiobook book lineups.
* ■What is AI himself audiobook?*
“AI Personal Audiobook” is an audiobook work that uses AI technology to convert the readings of a professional narrator into the voices of other celebrities.
The number of books written by celebrities is increasing, and although there is a desire for audiobooks to be made with the authors’ own voices, it is difficult to schedule recordings over a long period of time, and reading skills are also required, so making them into audiobooks is difficult. There were high hurdles to achieving this. In addition, with AI-based speech synthesis technology, it has become possible to reproduce a specific person’s voice and read sentences aloud, but if you listen to it for a long time, it is less easy to listen to than a human reading aloud.
Therefore, Otobank is a stand
In collaboration with AI Technology, we have created an unprecedented new audiobook, “AI Personal Audiobook,” which is high quality and easy to listen to, even though it is in the author’s voice, by combining professional reading technology and AI technology.
* ■Due to the favorable reception of the first volume, the second AI audiobook “Narrative Thinking” is now available*
The first audiobook by AI himself is “Revolutionary Fanfare” by King Kong Akihiro Nishino.
Modern Money and Advertising” (published by Gentosha). When we started distributing it on audiobook.jp on February 8, 2024, we won first place in the all-you-can-listen ranking in the same month (*2) and received very positive reviews.
When we conducted a survey of users who had listened to the work, 96% answered that it was “easy to listen to.” The high quality of the professional reading and the advantage of being able to hear the author’s voice were highly praised. Additionally, 94% of respondents answered, “I would like to listen to AI’s own audiobooks of other works,” indicating a high level of need (questionnaire details will be described later).
This time, in response to the favorable reception of this first volume, we have translated the voice of author Kensou, who is known as an entrepreneur and investor, into “Narrative Thinking”.
We will be delivering the second installment of “Career planning techniques for people who are worried about not finding what they want to do”. You can enjoy the practical yet unique career thinking method of the author, who has brought many Internet services to the world, in his own AI voice.
*2. Works eligible for the unlimited listening plan (excluding limited-time works and podcasts) are ranked by playback UU in February.
* ▼“Narrative thinking: Career design techniques for people who are worried about not finding what they want to do” Sample audio video* https://youtu.be/-2LnSXovNQM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2LnSXovNQM
* ■Work information*
Narrative Thinking: Career planning techniques for people who are worried about not finding what they want to do
– Title of work: Narrative Thinking – Career planning techniques for people who are worried because they can’t find what they want to do
– Author: Kensou (Kensuke Furukawa)
– Publisher: Gentosha
– Sales start date: September 4, 2024
– Single item purchase price: 2,178 yen (tax included)
– Distribution URL: https://audiobook.jp/product/270123
– Work introduction:
Don’t find anything you want to do!
How to think about your career like the main character in a story
[5 steps of narrative thinking]
1. Remove the shackles that are limiting you
2. Set the character you want to be
3. Make the character actually move
4.Create an environment where the character can thrive
5. “Let the story roll” with that character
Life is a story of growth in which you, the main character, become the person you want to be.
* ■Comment from author Kensou*
I believe there is a need to listen to audiobooks with the author’s own voice. To be honest, I don’t really get the point when I listen to my own books in my own voice, but AI-generated voices are amazing these days, so I think it would be fun to listen to them.
I hope that many people’s books will be released in the future! * ■Author profile*
*Kensu (Kensuke Furukawa)*
Representative director of Al Co., Ltd. He has been involved in internet services since his student days and joined Recruit Co., Ltd. in 2006. After working in charge of new business, he founded Rocket Start Co., Ltd. (later nanapi Co., Ltd.) in 2009. Joined the KDDI Group in 2014 and became a director of Supership Co., Ltd. Current position since 2018. He posts articles almost every day on the members-only business media “Al Development Office.”
* ■AI audiobook audience survey results*
Prior to the distribution of the second edition of AI himself’s audiobooks, we conducted a survey among users who had listened to the first edition, “Fanfare of the Revolution: Modern Money and Advertising”.
* [Survey overview] *
Survey period: June 2, 2024 to June 6, 2024
Research institution: In-house research
Survey target: Users who listened to “Fanfare of the Revolution: Modern Money and Advertising” on “audiobook.jp”
Number of valid responses: 80 people
Survey method (aggregation method, calculation method): Questionnaire survey using the Internet
●* 96/3% said it was “easy to listen to”. Highly rated for the high quality of professional reading and the benefit of being able to hear the author’s voice*
“Revolutionary Fanfare”
96.3% of the users who listened to the audiobook of “Modern Money and Advertising” answered that it was “easy to listen to” (31.3% “very easy to listen to”, 43.8% “easy to listen to”, “rather easy to listen to”) 21.2%).
When asked about what they thought was good about the work, the most common answer was “It’s easy to listen to because it’s based on the voice of a professional narrator” (47.5%), indicating that the high quality and ease of listening were highly rated. I found out that This was followed by many responses such as “It’s easier to understand the content of the book if it’s in the author’s voice” (32.5%) and “It’s good to hear the work in the author’s voice, Akihiro Nishino” (31.3%). , the advantage of being able to hear the work in the author’s voice was strongly supported.
* ●93.8% answered, “I would like to listen to AI’s own audiobooks of other works” *
“Revolutionary Fanfare”
“Modern Money and Advertising” was an audiobook with the AI himself converted into the voice of the author, Akihiro Nishino, but in the future, “If there is an audiobook of other works with the AI himself converted into the author’s voice, I would like to listen to it.” 93.8% responded that they wanted to listen to it (55% said they wanted to listen to it, 38.8% said they somewhat wanted to listen to it). We found that expectations for AI-based audiobooks are extremely high.
* [Inquiries regarding this matter] *
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* ■What is an audiobook?*
An audiobook is a “listening book” in which a narrator or voice actor reads the book aloud. Since you can enjoy reading with just your ears, you can enjoy “reading while doing it” not only for people who have difficulty reading, but also for all kinds of situations in your life, such as while running, while traveling by train or car, or while doing housework.
In recent years, the number of audiobook users has rapidly increased due to the rapid spread of smartphones and wireless earphones, which has rapidly improved the environment for the use of audio content, and the introduction of subscription plans that allow unlimited listening to a variety of works for a fixed fee. Currently, audiobooks are becoming the third type of book, following paper books and e-books. [Reference] Learn about audiobook production and recommended works! “Understand everything! Audiobook” https://bit.ly/3Xg8mFJ
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